PLEASE READ: Thanks for participating in this project! I would like to create a reference of links to openness in various areas, but especially as it relates to education. Please try to follow the format regarding simplicity and style, however you are absolutely encouraged to add categories, links, content, etc. Ideally, this will be a consolidated list of openness. I am U.S. based, however, please add any links pertaining to anywhere in the world. I do ask, however, that if you do add links or content that is primarily from out-of-country, that you identify it somehow. Thanks!
Areas of Openness
Open Intellectual Licensing: Property licenses which allow content creators to release their works while reserving some rights and simultaneously permit users certain permissions.
Open Education: Free or low-tuition schools that often use OERs or community sourced content and provide solid education to anyone.
Twitter tags: #openeducation
Kahn Academy: A free school for anyone. Founded by Salmon Kahn.
MOOC (Massively Open Online Course): An anti-structure course that operates from the digital learning philosophy of connectivism (coined by George Siemens and pushed by Stephen Downes and Dave Cormier), where knowledge forms a web of connections from which people operate by through technology.
Open Educational Resources: Community sourced videos, lectures, texts, lesson plans, and other educational resources that are released under open licenses and free for use.
David Wiley:Instructional Designer with a long history in openness, coiner of the term and idea of open content (applying open source licensing to content), influential in open movement.
John Seely Brown: One of my favorite research authors outside of Instructional Design, he is an activist for openness and gaming in education. He also co-authored a foundational paper on the OER movement, linked below.
Links to Openness
PLEASE READ: Thanks for participating in this project! I would like to create a reference of links to openness in various areas, but especially as it relates to education. Please try to follow the format regarding simplicity and style, however you are absolutely encouraged to add categories, links, content, etc. Ideally, this will be a consolidated list of openness. I am U.S. based, however, please add any links pertaining to anywhere in the world. I do ask, however, that if you do add links or content that is primarily from out-of-country, that you identify it somehow. Thanks!
Areas of Openness
Open Intellectual Licensing: Property licenses which allow content creators to release their works while reserving some rights and simultaneously permit users certain permissions.
Twitter tags:
Creative Commons: Creative Commons licenses- Primarily for content
GNU GNU GPL (General Public License)-Primarily for software
Open Education: Free or low-tuition schools that often use OERs or community sourced content and provide solid education to anyone.
Twitter tags: #openeducation
Kahn Academy: A free school for anyone. Founded by Salmon Kahn.
MOOC (Massively Open Online Course): An anti-structure course that operates from the digital learning philosophy of connectivism (coined by George Siemens and pushed by Stephen Downes and Dave Cormier), where knowledge forms a web of connections from which people operate by through technology.
Twitter tags: #MOOC, #Change11
MOOC Hub-Site
Change Mooc (largest MOOC yet undertaken)
Open Educational Resources: Community sourced videos, lectures, texts, lesson plans, and other educational resources that are released under open licenses and free for use.
Twitter tags: #oer
OER Commons
PEOPLE
David Wiley:Instructional Designer with a long history in openness, coiner of the term and idea of open content (applying open source licensing to content), influential in open movement.
Twitter tags: @opencontent
Profile
Intro to Openness Course
Blog Site
Lawrence Lessig: Harvard Law Professor, founder of Creative Commons, activist for transparency in government.
Twitter tags: @lessig, #rootstrikers
Profile
Remix Book
Jim Groom: Professor at U of Mary Washington, Instructional Technologist, Founder and instructor of DS106, Digital Storytelling class.
Twitter tags: @jimgroom
Profile
DS106
DS106 Radio
John Seely Brown: One of my favorite research authors outside of Instructional Design, he is an activist for openness and gaming in education. He also co-authored a foundational paper on the OER movement, linked below.
Twitter tags: @jseelybrown
Profile
Good Papers
New Learning Environments for the 21st Century
Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0
A Review of the OER Movement: Achievements, Challenges, and New Opportunities